缘份
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are currently 6,536,454,370 (est) people on Earth, breathing, with a heart beat. Out of which, approximately 4,500,000 people are in Singapore. Out of which, hundreds or even thousands of "faceless" people walk pass us everyday.
If everyone's life is a path, then you meet the people you meet from day to day becuase your paths have crossed one way or another; some for a short while, some for a longer while. And many consider this - 缘份.
If my visitors would endulge me, let me extrapolate...there should be millions of people whose paths would cross mine in my lifetime. Is this 缘份? What is 缘份? Then amongst these millions, have you found the special one for you? Argubly, finding the special one would then require really a lot of 缘份?
Some say that "缘份 slips away just too easily", so we need to 把握. And if 缘份 is really responsible for finding the special one, how far will 缘份 bring me? Only enough for me to meet the one amongst the billions of people on Earth? Enough for me to be with the one?
If everyone's life is a path, then you meet the people you meet from day to day becuase your paths have crossed one way or another; some for a short while, some for a longer while. And many consider this - 缘份.
If my visitors would endulge me, let me extrapolate...there should be millions of people whose paths would cross mine in my lifetime. Is this 缘份? What is 缘份? Then amongst these millions, have you found the special one for you? Argubly, finding the special one would then require really a lot of 缘份?
Some say that "缘份 slips away just too easily", so we need to 把握. And if 缘份 is really responsible for finding the special one, how far will 缘份 bring me? Only enough for me to meet the one amongst the billions of people on Earth? Enough for me to be with the one?
posted by kiddy at
23:27
10 Comments:
Hmm, u wanna locate ur "the one" so much ah? I guess it always happens when u least expect it, u can't find it, it'll find u. And as u have said, when it finds u, u must have enough sense to hang onto it.
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Anonymous, at 24/8/06 19:08
Its a fine line between meeting the one and just anyone else isn't it? Cos I think not everyone at first sight will be able to say, "Yes! that's the one!". So enough of what sense do you mean? Common sense?
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kiddy, at 25/8/06 00:22
Of cos not at first sight.. Becos even blind people fall in love.. I guess it'd be a feeling? Biologically, it'd be governed by hormones. I guess ur brain knows how to go about doing that. The sub conscious mind will take care of that. Don't need to think too much.. =)
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Anonymous, at 25/8/06 19:37
Hmm, sounds really chim. Erm, I think sometimes it's just not about locating the someone, but to treasure who you already met, because by meeting them, it's already a form of fate? Personal take, it's more of believing and making that someone whom you already have the special someone.
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SJ, at 26/8/06 12:04
I totally agree. It's just that sometimes things may not be as "perfectly set" as we wish it to be. So it is often difficult to discern the difference between obstacles that can be overcome and obstacles that cannot be overcome. But of cos many would probably say "you'll never know unless you try!" =P
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kiddy, at 27/8/06 14:32
Was just wondering... What's the difference between waiting for fate to do its magic, and waiting for happiness to knock on your door?
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Anonymous, at 28/8/06 16:21
Think fate will provide the opportunity, ie knock the door, but you need to grab the happiness, ie open the door.
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SJ, at 28/8/06 17:51
When I posed the question, all that I could see is the striking similarity – Both seem to promote passivity. Thanks sj, for trying to find the link between the 2 phrases.
Well… When I first saw the title, it led me straight to ponder about matters of the heart. But when I thought about it again, the proverb “有緣千里來相會 , 無緣對面不相識” came to my mind. Does it mean that we should cherish every person that we have encountered in our lives? Seems so to me… and seems to be so for sj too :) And if this is the case, does it imply that we are actually looking for some x-factor in the special one in our lives? Is it "the one" whom we are looking for, or is it the x-factor which we are seeking, out of all the people whom we have met? Can we really push the responsibility of whether we can find someone to share our lives with to “f-a-t-e”? If fate is so powerful, then the probability of "love at first sight" occurring should be almost close to 1??!!!
緣份是否相等於給予有緣人你應該為他做的本份, 也讓有緣人 感受到你想給予他的福份?
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Anonymous, at 29/8/06 23:33
I tend to agree with Anonymous. Personally, I am not a strong believer of "love at first sight". I guess the definition of love itself may already differ among people. Personal take is that love connotes an unconditional support and even nurture for someone despite knowing the shortcomings of that person. This means that you must know the person first whereas love at first sight is often only impressionistic.
Everyone who loves you and whom you love are brought to you by fate. Fate can only help you so far. You need to grab hold of, invest efforts and cherish your own happiness.
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SJ, at 3/9/06 17:00
“有緣千里來相會 , 無緣對面不相識” it's fate that does the amazing thing of bringing two people, among millions, to cross paths. But the rest would depend on the two people - to give, to appreciate, to accommodate, to overcome, and to cherish...
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kiddy, at 4/9/06 00:23
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